DAILY NO. 45 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five food & drink Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The November 5, 2026 puzzle ran from an apple at 8 cm to a watermelon at 40 cm — about 5× apart, drawing on food & drink. The pair furthest apart was round 5: a hamburger is 1.3× as big as a chocolate chip cookie.
Answer: Large Pizza — 35.6 cm. A large pizza measures 35.6 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a laptop computer at 35 cm.
A 14-inch large pizza measures 35.6 cm across.
Common miss: players tend to compress a large pizza when it sits beside a laptop computer — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Hard-Shell Taco — 15 cm. A hard-shell taco measures 15 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hot dog at 15 cm.
A hard shell is folded from a flat tortilla, so the shell is as wide as the tortilla was.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a hard-shell taco when it sits beside a hot dog — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Apple — 8 cm. An apple measures 8 cm (length / span), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, a hockey puck at 7.6 cm.
Supermarket apples are graded by diameter, and 8 cm counts as a large one.
Common miss: players tend to compress an apple when it sits beside a hockey puck — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Watermelon — 40 cm. A watermelon measures 40 cm (length / span), which is 1.1× as big as the reference, a large pizza at 35.6 cm.
A whole watermelon is about 92% water, which accounts for most of its ten kilos.
Common miss: players tend to compress a watermelon when it sits beside a large pizza — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Hamburger — 10 cm. A hamburger measures 10 cm (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a chocolate chip cookie at 8 cm.
A patty shrinks by about a quarter on the grill, which is why the bun always looks oversized.
Common miss: players tend to compress a hamburger when it sits beside a chocolate chip cookie — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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